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- @@@STARTPACK(xacc;X Accountant - an easy to use Motif finance package)
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- <P>
- X-Accountant is a program to keep track of your finances. Some
- of the features are:
-
- <ul>
- <li> Multiple accounts, which can be open at
- the same time. Create one xacc account
- for each of your bank accounts.
- <li> Each account keeps a running balance and
- a reconciled balance, so you can keep track
- of the checks that have cleared your account.
- <li> A simple interface. If you can use the
- register in the back of your checkbook,
- you can use xacc.
- <li> Automatic account reconciling. At the end
- of the month, open up the reconcile window,
- enter your bank statement's ending balance,
- and check off the transactions that appear
- in the bank statement. This makes it easy
- to track down any discrepancies.
- <li> QuickFill... if you begin typing
- in the description field, and the text matches a
- previous transaction, hitting TAB will copy
- that previous transaction. Handy if you have
- similar transactions on a regular basis.
- <li>Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios. Track stocks
- individually (one per account) or in portfolio
- of accounts (a group of accounts that can be
- displayed together).
- <li>Quicken File Import.
- Import Quicken Version 3.0 QIF files.
- </ul>
-
- <h2>Advanced Features</h2>
- X-Accountant offers some features not usually found
- in simpler accounting programs.
- <ul>
- <li>Sub-accounts: A master account can have a hierarchy
- of detail accounts underneath it. This allows similar
- account types (e.g. Cash, Bank, Stock) to be grouped
- into one master account (e.g. Assets).
- <li>Double Entry:
- Every transaction can appear in two
- accounts; one account is debited and the other is
- credited with exactly the same amount. With
- double-entry, a transaction edited in one window
- will be automatically updated in all other windows
- showing that transaction, and in both of the
- accounts.
- <li>Income/Expense Account Types
- (Categories). When used properly
- with the double-entry feature, these can be used
- to create both Balance Sheet and Profits & Losses
- reports. For example, savings account interest,
- stock dividends, or paychecks can be marked as
- both a deposit in a bank account, and as income in
- an Income account type, using the double-entry
- (transfer) feature. Similarly, credit card charges
- can be noted in the credit card account, as well
- as in a corresponding expense account.
- <li>General Ledger: Multiple accounts can be displayed
- in one register window at the same time. This can
- ease the trouble of tracking down typing/entry errors.
- It also provides a convenient way of viewing a
- portfolio of many stocks, by showing all transactions
- in that portfolio.
- </ul>
-
- </P>
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- @@@OSR5DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/x11/apps/xacc/)
- @@@UW2DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/x11/apps/xacc/)
- @@@SOURCE(http://linas.org/linux/xacc/)
- @@@HOMEPAGE(http://gnucash.ml.org/index.shtml)
- @@@ENDPACK
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